wraggster
October 22nd, 2013, 23:49
<header style="font: 100 13px/20.79px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; width: 620px; height: auto; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: hidden; clear: both; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; position: relative; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="post-header">http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/10/uproxy_620x340.jpg</header>At its Ideas Summit in New York (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/21/google-project-shield-helps-small-websites-with-ddos-attacks/), Google revealed Uproxy: a service that aims to change the way people around the globe use the internet. A browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, uProxy can bypass restrictive firewalls (http://www.engadget.com/tag/great%20firewall/) that hinder users from accessing vital (http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/egypt-enters-communication-blackout-with-disruption-to-internet/) (and trivial (http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/15/goosebumps-now-streaming-netflix-omg-dudes/)) information online by creating peer-to-peer connections. If someone from a country with limited internet access installs uProxy, they can get a friend from the US to authorize them to surf the open web using their connection. The service has yet to launch, but its creators -- the University of Washington (http://www.engadget.com/tag/UniversityOfWashington/) and Brave New Software -- have opened a restricted beta for select, technically adept users to make it as "secure, private, and robust" as possible. If you know anyone who couldbenefit from uProxy (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/10/iran-blocks-vpn-filters-internet/), especially in times of need, direct them to the source link below for the sign-up page.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/21/google-ideas-uproxy/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/21/google-ideas-uproxy/